Kevin Mitchell is Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin. He is also the author of the wonderful recent book 'Free Agents: How Evolution Gave us Free will', a robust defence of the reality of free will. Between the three of us, we aim to definitely establish whether or not humans are free.
For more on Kevin Mitchell:
https://press.princeton.edu/books/har...
https://www.kjmitchell.com/
Timings
0:00 – Amusing Banter
4:41 – Introducing Kevin Mitchell
6:07 – Kevin’s view
16:12 – The Philosophy of Free Will
29:03 – Keith Probes Kevin
51:25 – Philip and Keith disagree on how to interpret Kevin’s position
1:01:00 – Does quantum mechanics help?
1:24:12 – Keith can’t help himself
1:30:24 – Philip mutes Keith
1:30:57 – Audience Q&A
1:43:33 – Final banter and Mind Chat catchphrase

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